AFTON HOME

What this record means

The record shows that “AFTON HOME” is an abandoned application, not a live or registered mark, and the owner listed is Afton Candle Inc, a Wisconsin corporation. The filing covered only class 021 items such as plates, ceramic table plates, ceramic sculptures, vases, bowls, candle holders made of wood, ceramic or glass, and decorative fruit bowls of the same materials, with a first use date of November 1, 2025. Because the scope is limited to those decorative home‑goods, a similar name used for unrelated products—say clothing or software—would be farther from the concern shown here, while a name used on comparable ceramic or decorative items would be the closest record‑based overlap. The prosecution history ends with an abandonment notice on July 16, 2026, after the applicant failed to respond to a non‑final office action; no enforcement actions or oppositions appear in the file. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan a mark for similar decorative home products, but it does not block every possible use of the words “Afton Home.”